§ Lord Gallacherasked Her Majesty's Government:
Where organisational responsibility now rests for promoting horticultural marketing co-operatives since the change of focus in activities of the Food From Britain Organisation.
The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Earl Howe)The Government encourage better horticultural marketing through the Marketing Development Scheme and the Processing and Marketing Grant, which are administered by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, but do not promote one particular type of marketing organisation rather than another.